The US has executed 19 men this year. A look at the state of the death penalty
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by far the most inmates, at 591.
Texas man could be first to be executed in case of 'shaken baby' death
Robert Roberson is scheduled to be put to death Oct. 17. His case — based on a syndrome with scientific uncertainty — has led ...
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Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a ...
Jackson potholes: First phase of street resurfacing was to end in spring. Did they finish?
The City of Jackson began Phase 1A of the "Street Resurfacing Project" in October 2023. A year later, only 22 of 31 streets ...
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South Carolina sets Nov. 1 execution as state ramps up use of death chamber
South Carolina’s high court on Friday set a date of Nov. 1 to put to death a man who killed a store clerk a quarter-century ...
Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi attorney general on Tuesday requested an execution date for the state’s longest-serving death row inmate.